Umbrella-support



(No Model.)

D. E. TILLMAN.

UMBRELLA SUPPORT.

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DAVID E. TILLMAN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,282, dated June 21,1887.

Application filed April 21, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. TILLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, havein vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Umbrella-Supports,ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1. represents a perspective view of anumbrellasupport embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe curved holder in which the lower end of the support is mounted.

My invention relates to that class of devices adapted to be secured to avehicle and to hold an umbrella in such manner that the same may beadjusted to different positions; and my invention consists in thepeculiar construction and combination of devices, which I shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now describe its construction and indicatethe manner in which the same is carried out.

In the said drawings, A represents a curved holder having a tongue, (1/,which is designed to be rcmovably secured to a suitable eleat on thevehicle-seat, said holder having on its oppositc end, which in practicelies slightly above the cushion, a socket, 1), into which tits and isadj ustably secured by the setscrew c a pintlc, B, projecting from thelower end of an arm, 0, as shown in Fig. 1. This arm 0 has its upper endbifurcated and straddling a flattencd head, D, to which it is pivotallysecured, a set-screw, (Z, passing through one of the legs of the arm 0and impinging upon the head I), furnishing the means for securing thenecessary adjustments to the umbrella when in position.

Extending from and forming a part of the head D is a rod or bar, E,which carries at its upper and lower ends a suitable two -part socket, Fand G, one member of which is piv oted to the other and adapted to swingoutward to provide for the necessary insertion and removal of theumbrella, the stick or handle of which is securely held within saidsock- Serial No. 235,661. (No model.)

ets. The ends of the sockets F and G are slotted atf and g, and withinthe slotted portions f is pivotally mounted a threaded bolt, h, theouter end of which carries a thnmbnut, H, whereby the two sections ofthe sockets may be drawn together to tightly compress theinscrtcdumbrella-stick. From this description it is manifest that to insert theumbrella the threaded bolts are slipped out of the slots 9 and thesections separated sufliciently to receive the handle or stick. The saidbolts h are then placed in the slots 9 and the thumb nu s screwed uponthe bolts until the two sections tightly bind and hold thcinscrtedstick. The umbrella now being in position, if it is desired to adjust orincline the same either to the front or rear, the set-screw d isloosened and the rod or bar I lmovcd in the desired direction until theproper inclination is secured, when the screw (1 istightened to hold thearm and its at tached umbrella in its new position. If it be desired toadjust the umbrella laterally, the set-screw c in the socket b isloosened and the piutle ll permitted to rotate within said socket untilthe head 1) points in the direction of the desired adjustment, when theset screw d is loosened, theappropriate inclination given the rod or barE, and the screw again tightened to secure the several parts in theirnew positions.

I am aware umbrella supports have been secured to vehicles andconstructed to have adjustment to vary their position and inclination,and such constructions I therefore do not claim, broadly, as myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a holder having a socket, and an arm mounted insaid socket and having its upper end bifurcated, ofa rod or bar, E,having a head pivoted to said arm, the twopart sockets F and G, havingslotted ends, and the threaded bolts and thumlrnuts engaging saidslotted ends, substantially as herein described.

DAVID E. TILLMAN.

Witnesses:

LEON R. BURNETT, G. N. MoRRIs.

